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Tax Relief Advocates, which now trades as TRA at tra.com, is an Irvine, California tax resolution firm founded in 2017. It represents people who owe the IRS and cannot pay: it negotiates installment agreements, files Offers in Compromise, requests penalty abatement,...
Optima Tax Relief is the most heavily advertised tax resolution firm in America, and it is the one readers ask me about more than any other. Founded in 2011 and based at 6 Hutton Centre Drive in Santa Ana, California, it represents people who owe the IRS: installment...
Family Credit Management is one of the few companies in this industry I have never had to write a warning about. That is not a small thing. I have been covering debt relief for more than twenty years, and the overwhelming majority of the mail I get is from people who...
I have been writing about debt relief since the early 2000s, and in that time no company has generated more reader email than National Debt Relief. Some of it is glowing. Some of it is furious. The gap between those two piles is almost always explained by one thing:...
Freedom Debt Relief is the largest debt settlement company in the United States, and it is the one I get asked about more than any other. It has been operating since 2002 and says it has worked with over a million clients. It also paid $20 million in restitution to...
Trinity Debt Management is the trade name of Trinity Credit Counseling, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit credit counseling agency based at 11229 Reading Road in Cincinnati, Ohio. It has been operating since 1994. Trinity does not settle debt and it does not lend money....
Before anything else, let me clear up the confusion that brings most people to this page. There are at least three companies with almost identical names operating in debt relief right now, and searchers mix them up constantly. American Debt Relief, American Financial...
The July 2026 Consumer Price Index of All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) report indicates that inflation rose by 0.1% this month, up from a 0.4% decline in June. These data were released at 8:30 am EST on August 12, 2026, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Before...
✅ Reviewed by: Lauren Brown | Last updated: 2026 Are you thinking of investing in physical gold or silver to diversify against inflation, market uncertainty, or geopolitical risk? Below is our 2026 roundup of top-rated U.S. precious metals dealers and Gold IRA...
If you’re thinking about investing in gold or silver, especially for your retirement, Augusta Precious Metals is a company that often comes up. They’ve been around since 2012, and they focus mainly on helping people set up and manage precious metals IRAs. They’re all...
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| August 2026 |
0.4% 
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3.4%
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